The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-07-12
TIE QUEENS HOSPITAL.
The Biennial Report Of Mr.. j. Il.
Patty, Secretary Pro Tenn.


! Gentlemen-I have the honor. in the alb
sence of your Secretary, TO present the re-
port from his department for the biennial
period just closed. During the period
under review the Board of Trustees has
| held nine regular and three special meet
ings; and there has been one special
meeting of the corporation, the record OF
which has been read to you.
| The medical department has been in
! charge of DR.. Robt. McKibbn, assisted by
! DR.. Henri McGrew until his resignation in
| January, 1886; since when DR.. Brodie,
| duly elected by the Trustees to the vacancy,
| has filed the position of Assistant Ply
stefan. Leave of absence was granted Dr.
| Brodie for three months, beginning June
1st, upon the condition of his providing an
approved substitute, which he has salts
factorily done in the person of DR.. E.
Miner.
Mr.. John F. Eckardt has continued to be
the purveyor. His efficient assistant, until
his death in December last, was Mr..
Carstens, who fell victim to typhoid
fever, and since then Mr.. Chapman has
fulfilled that duty.
At meeting of the Board held July %,
1886, the matter of the employment of a
female nurse was discussed, resulting in
the authorization of the Executive Com
mittee to procure suitable person for that
office. Mrs. Mary Adams was secured at
a salary of $500 per annun., and in her
work thus far has fully satisfied the man
agement.
The puryeyor has supplied me with the
following statistics: Number of patients
in the hospital this date 81, of which % are
Hawaiians, Chinese, 1 Japanese and 81 of
other nationalities. Admitted during the
two years, 932 Total number Of deaths,
1876; IN 932 indoor patients would give the
ratio of about 1871 per cent. The average
death rate in 1S79-1SS1 was about II; in
1881-1S83 about 8. The dispensary has
supplied medicines under professional adj
vice free of charge to 1921, against 4, 250
for the preceding period.
The total expenditures of the Queens
Hospital for the past two years have been
SOC, 1867 A, included in which is the sum OF
$4,000 from the Queen Emma legacy fund,
which has been invested by the Vice Presi-
dent and Treasurer upon real estate Sc
curity for term OF years at ~ per cent.
net interest per annum, under the author
ity given them by the Trustees at regu-
lar meeting.
Total receipts for the same period ag-
gregate SCI SAB GO, fully detailed in the
Treasures report, and which shows a
balance due that officer of 81 ,573 80.
In the management of the legacy fund
and the real estate bequeathed by the late
Dowager Queen Emma, resolutions were
also passed authorizing the Vice President
and Treasurer to make terms and execute
leases for any period not exceeding thirty
years, and that the Treasurer be allowed
compensation of per cent on the gross
amounts of rents and interest collected, he
Vo,oov. approved bond in the sum of
upon applicar.on
per authorities, the g made to the pro-
the a Ourlai lot in the Makikf Cs seourea
I Which ha@ use of the hosnitaI ~
nioh mas been neatly fenced pi'ai' ana
meeting of the Board ba,d g.
At a. - was heid Septem-
Der, Is, 1886, lo-z@s7as.
Resolved, That the treasurer and Sec
rotary are hereby authorized to execute.
for the consideration of one dollar, on be-
half of the Queens Hospital, deed of
trust from Alex. J. Cartwright, executor of
the will of the late Queen Dowager Emma,
conveying to Hon. Chas r. Bishop and
his successors and trustees the Hawaiian
curiosities which belonged to the said Dow
ager Queen, and which she intended should
be so conveyed, as indicated in the codicil
to her will signed November 49, 1884, it
being understood that such curiosities are
to be placed with other native curiosities
which belonged to the late Bernice Pauahi
Bishop, and with others that may be
added thereto as an institution or museum
for preservation.
Hon. Godfrey Rhodes, by letter, and
Hon. S. N. Castle, in person, rendered their
designations from the Board of Trustees,
which were accepted (Dec, 81, 1850, and
Mr.. Tom May and Mr.. J. B. Anterior
were duly elected to fill the vacancies.
The minutes of the special meeting of
the corporation, held February "a, 1886, at
which the additional article (No. 49, to the
charter was adopted, and its purpose has
just been read to you.
At a meeting of the Board held oath
February, 1887, the Vice President read
lengthy communication from the assist
ant physician. DR.. John Brodie, upon the
hygienic condition of the hospital build
ings, referring specially to the imperfect
ventilation under the main buildings, de-
fective drainage. and imperfect and incon-
venient arrangement of the water closets
and bathrooms, closing with recomenda-
tons, strongly expressed, for considerable
and radical changes throughout. The Ex-
ecutive Committee was promptly author
lied to carry out the recommendations of
DR.. Brodie, and whatever else seemed
necessary for them to accomplish the end
in view. = The expenses attending these
improvements has greatly exceeded their
anticipated cost, and there yet remains
much to be done in building and repairs,
and to the quarters required tor the SER
wants, the present buildings occupied for
that purpose being quite old and out OF
repair.
Upon the completion of the present i'm
provements the hospital will have more
nearly approached perfection as the lead
institution in the Kingdom for the treat
,,,anf o1d "a re cf the sick and O-iII ba nos